I have to confess one of the reasons I’m watching these press briefings: to see how low the White House press corps will go today. Was there ever a time when at least some of the reporters at these briefings didn’t ask incredibly stupid gotcha questions? I must have been dreaming that.
Psak Attack!!!
Nice to hear.https://t.co/OrzAZAYxZE
“Pro-Trump influencers flocked to alternative social networks. Their follower counts stalled soon after.”— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) January 20, 2022
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s just not fun when there’s no Libs to own, is it boys?
I made a New Year’s resolution to curse less but this is bullshit! You can give a lifetime appointment to the SupCt w/ less than 60 votes, deny a President a hearing for a SupCt nominee,rush through a nominee in 30 days but voting rights breaks the Senate?!#MrUseMyWordsAgainstMe https://t.co/1UcSM7Zj81
— Jaime Harrison, DNC Chair (@harrisonjaime) January 20, 2022
Senate Republicans voted to silence the voices of their constituents, to allow for the nullification of elections, to greenlight partisan gerrymandering, to suppress the grassroots and to embrace the influence of dark money in our politics.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 20, 2022
In the fight for voting rights, nothing less than our democracy is at stake. Democrats will never relent in our mission to safeguard the sacred right to vote. Read my full statement here: https://t.co/Zv3vN64smP
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 20, 2022
Alex Jones is nuts
Alex Jones is struggling this morning in family court as he continues to contradict his own lawyer.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) January 20, 2022
Alex Jones is now making random hand gestures in court, including waving around his hand and putting up his thumb.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) January 20, 2022
This hearing really looks to be taking its toll on Alex Jones as he continues to place his hands over his face, wiping his face, and picks his nose.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) January 20, 2022
Joe Manchin voted for Neil Gorsuch after Mitch McConnell made up non-existent Senate rule to block Merrick Garland 8 months before election then killed filibuster to confirm Gorsuch. So spare us the nonsense about preserving Senate traditions
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 19, 2022
re: #5 Backwoods_Sleuth
I fear tonight was the beginning of the end of the Senate being the legislative body that stands in the way of radical change by either party.
Friendly reminder: Senate Republicans aren’t actually interested in legislating because they know, deep down, that their stated agenda would actually be very unpopular with voters and they’d be routed in subsequent elections in all but the deepest red states. This is why I believe to my core that the Republicans will never do away with the filibuster if given the opportunity.
In personal news:
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“I’m not going to respond to individual people in focus groups [you idiot].”
I wonder if the other passengers can sue Maskless Karen
An American Airlines flight from Miami to London had to turn around after a passenger refused to wear a face mask. https://t.co/Iz5lzXe6Dv
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 20, 2022
re: #10 KGxvi
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You could’ve brought Machiavelli back from the dead and not gotten a single R vote https://t.co/1drPOtNTTU
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 20, 2022
They act like the GOP doesn’t even exist. They’re determined to kneecap the Democrats.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 20, 2022
re: #10 KGxvi
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re: #10 KGxvi
Friendly reminder: Senate Republicans aren’t actually interested in legislating because they know, deep down, that their stated agenda would actually be very unpopular with voters and they’d be routed in subsequent elections in all but the deepest red states. This is why I believe to my core that the Republicans will never do away with the filibuster if given the opportunity.
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Speaking of focus groups.
the 14 people were rounded up by a notoriously partisan GOP pollster, and Fox News staple, but I’m sure this is all up and up
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 20, 2022
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Reminds me of a science fiction short story I read years ago in which algorithms determined the single person most representative of the entire nation, and that person was designated as the only voter that year.
If you’re Jewish and have any sense of history, you know that you are always next in line https://t.co/WILLv3SRiB
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 20, 2022
re: #21 jaunte
Reminds me of a science fiction short story I read years ago in which algorithms determined the single person most representative of the entire nation, and that person was designated as the only voter that year.
And they were located in a booth in a diner in rural Iowa, I suppose…..
re: #10 KGxvi
Friendly reminder: Senate Republicans aren’t actually interested in legislating because they know, deep down, that their stated agenda would actually be very unpopular with voters and they’d be routed in subsequent elections in all but the deepest red states. This is why I believe to my core that the Republicans will never do away with the filibuster if given the opportunity.
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re: #21 jaunte
Reminds me of a science fiction short story I read years ago in which algorithms determined the single person most representative of the entire nation, and that person was designated as the only voter that year.
That was Franchise, by Isaac Asimov
“Norman Muller of Bloomington, Indiana” the most representative white German-American available.
re: #21 jaunte
Reminds me of a science fiction short story I read years ago in which algorithms determined the single person most representative of the entire nation, and that person was designated as the only voter that year.
There are real-world algorithms that will generate a very fair redistricting map. Somehow the cartographers who developed them are never taken up on it.
Which brings up:
re: #10 KGxvi
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The FBI raided the home of the most Trump friendly Democrat in the House of Representatives - Henry Cuellar. He had barely (Edit:) won lost a primary challenge.
Jen Psaki hits Republicans with the truth on voting rights, “They are not uninformed about what this legislation would do and they have always been welcomed to be part of the conversation. They decided not to.” pic.twitter.com/CjPHVBp9kp
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 20, 2022
Why did Republicans filibuster the voting rights bill? Some of them are personally full-blown racists. Some of them are just interested in preserving their own power. But the media appears to think Republicans are racist because Biden is mean to them. pic.twitter.com/F8M2yzN2BN
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) January 20, 2022
Another Perfect Phone Call (in spoilers because banned from Twitter)
Context: trumps latest drop as the walls start closing in pic.twitter.com/ZCAymytRs9
— flexghost. (@flexghost1) January 20, 2022
re: #7 No Malarkey!
Alex Jones is nuts
He’s a very rich TrustFundBabyNut, though.
And like Drumpf, it’s all for the Grifter Show.
re: #32 The Pie Overlord!
Not sure what’s real there. I’m confused.
re: #32 The Pie Overlord!
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OMG - this idiot was POTUS??
This sounds like some weaselly email some smartass high school student would write after being busted trying to bullshit a better grade out of their teachers …..
re: #10 KGxvi
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re: #21 jaunte
Reminds me of a science fiction short story I read years ago in which algorithms determined the single person most representative of the entire nation, and that person was designated as the only voter that year.
Franchise
by Isaac Asimov
(1955)
en.wikipedia.org
Kinda CLd, but important to how the News Media works by using a slanted story to get clicks. It’s not Fake News, but look how deep they bury the Lede:
So Russia may try to fuck around in Ukraine, daring Europe to do something about it.
They just may find out, throwing the western world into a potential Nuclear Exchange.
But the CNN Business headline and the story they tell?:
Um…deleting a tweet doesn’t erase it from public memory. And @IvankaTrump not only encouraged the insurrection, but is conveniently leaving out a very critical part of the statement she issued on January 6th, which was calling the domestic terrorists “American patriots.” https://t.co/njw78Pktkl
— Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈 (@AmoneyResists) January 20, 2022
Tell the truth @RepAshleyHinson — you didn’t vote for this bill. You voted for a dam collapse. If you had your way your neighbors would be underwater. Thankfully, @HouseDemocrats passed this bill and we did your dam job. Give me a break. https://t.co/XKT3SyJ2f4
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) January 20, 2022
re: #10 KGxvi
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moron
Speaker Pelosi sent out N-95 masks to every House office. Unfortunately, I can’t read the instructions. pic.twitter.com/4nDTTkayFQ
— Bryan Steil (@BryanSteil) January 20, 2022
Manchin: “You’ve given me everything you have, now give me more” https://t.co/Tz9E7EwnWg
— supply in a chainstack (@jesseltaylor) January 20, 2022
re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
She just learned… yeah… that’s a load of crap. I have a bridge to sell.
And the Internet is forever, we saw her tweets. We saw her public statements. Investigators have all that and more. We’re just waiting for her to take the 5th along with so many others in Trumpworld should they actually testify instead of refusing altogther (as if refusal is not implicitly admitting that they have something to hide).
The Email lady didn’t refuse to testify. She testified under oath for hours.. and the GOP couldn’t lay a finger on her. Didn’t take the 5th either.
re: #10 KGxvi
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re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
Manchin looked way more interested in getting bipartisan elections reform done 1st instead of BBB, holding a brief gaggle with Sen. Susan Collins
I asked him if ECA had to pass before BBB:
“We can work on everything.. this is the thing we want to make sure we get done quickly”— Joseph Zeballos-Roig (@josephzeballos) January 20, 2022
re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth
I don’t believe that Manchin is doing more than just blowing more smoke. He is fully fine with the GOP “do nothing” course and this is all just deflection from being properly viewed as being an obstruction and part of the real problem.
re: #35 Jay C
OMG - this idiot was POTUS??
This sounds like some weaselly email some smartass high school student would write after being busted trying to bullshit a better grade out of their teachers …..
And he’ll be POTUS again if the GOP get their way.
Folks who want to pay back the Manchin-Sinema-Republican cabal for deserting democracy do have an option: drown them in better Senators. Democrats have plenty of opportunities in November: Wisconsin, North Carolina & tougher goes but not impossible in Florida, Kentucky and Ohio.
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) January 20, 2022
re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
We’re also at risk of losing the House again.
OTD in 1949 J. Edgar Hoover gave Shirley Temple a tear gas pen. That’s just an excuse to play this brilliant clip of Shirley with Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson and the famous Stair Dance from The Little Colonel (1935). This is the first interracial dance team in a Hollywood film. pic.twitter.com/bX42JAsFLm
— The Sting (@TSting18) January 20, 2022
An Arizona judge has ordered election ‘audit’ contractor Cyber Ninjas and its CEO, Doug Logan, to answer questions under oath from ethics watchdog American Oversight regarding the company’s failure to turn over documents related to the Arizona Senate’s partisan election review.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 20, 2022
meanwhile in Kentucky
House overrides Governor’s veto of its new map, 69-23. Only Republican “no” vote is Lynn Bechler, who is up against another incumbent in the new map. https://t.co/NaMI8XUgJm pic.twitter.com/7hSVtgv19V
— Austin Horn (@_AustinHorn) January 20, 2022
re: #52 lawhawk
I’m awaiting their cheese shop sketch response of saying “Oh… the cat’s eaten it!”
I hope that the judge just losses patience with these clods and hammers them into the ground with no mercy whatsoever.
re: #53 Backwoods_Sleuth
meanwhile in Kentucky
HB 2 overridden by Senate in a 24-10 vote. HB 2 and the new state House districts will now be law.
— Joe Sonka 😐 (@joesonka) January 20, 2022
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
But we don’t need a Federal voting rights bill.
re: #56 Eclectic Cyborg
But we don’t need a Federal voting rights bill.
Of course not, the correct side is winning.
Same old tripe Roger?
Lights are on but no one’s home.— Dave’s Hiding Out till Jan. (@DaveoutofAustin) January 20, 2022
re: #50 Eclectic Cyborg
There’s also the senate seat held by Raphael Warnock to hold on to. I think he has a good shot at it, but the dirty shit the state government is planning might end up sinking him. The candidates challenging him are crap, but one never knows.
re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“What?” 😂 pic.twitter.com/B1FaQEYx5Y
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) January 20, 2022
Psaki: Are Republicans now against negotiating lower prescription drug prices? Are they now against lowering the cost of child care? Are they now against lowering the cost of elder care? I mean if they allow us to claim all those things on the Democratic side, we’ll take them pic.twitter.com/AFtV2LtgEK
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 20, 2022
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Greg Abbott’s politically-driven border policy is being enforced harshly in only a couple of counties, and otherwise being dropped in many cases where the county attorney recognizes migrants with a credible asylum claim.
My jaw is still agape at this superbly reported story —> How @GregAbbott_TX’s border crackdown is backfiring, giving more migrants a clearer path to the U.S. #txlege https://t.co/evctZ3ypu7 via @jaspscherer
— Jay Root (@byjayroot) January 20, 2022
“…Instead of sitting in jail for 6 months to a year on trespassing charges, as Abbott suggested, some immigrants are resolving their cases in far less time or being released from jail on bond. They are then free to stay in the U.S. as they make their claims for asylum.”
…….
“Operation Lone Star has allowed our clients to avoid federal programs where they would have not only been expelled, but would have had to remain in Mexico [amid] pending asylum proceedings,” said Kristin Etter, an attorney with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid who has represented more than 700 of the migrants. “Furthermore, even if our clients are convicted of criminal trespass under Operation Lone Star, that has no impact on their immigration status and does not make them ineligible for asylum or other forms of immigration relief.”
…….
“…Last week … a Travis County judge dismissed the case against a migrant arrested on criminal trespassing charges in Kinney County, ruling that Abbott’s arrest plan runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution by obstructing the federal government’s enforcement of immigration laws.”
NEW: Sean HANNITY texted Kayleigh McEnany on Jan. 7, 2021, with a 5-point plan to persuade Trump to give up his claims about voter fraud.
Hannity’s first point: “No more stolen election talk.”
McEnany replied: “Love that.”— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) January 20, 2022
Hannity’s exchange with McEnany was disclosed in today’s letter from the Select Committee to Ivanka Trump: https://t.co/LwL6i9TLsN
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) January 20, 2022
Fox News asks WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki if there’s an “off-ramp” for unvaccinated Americans who “feel like scapegoats and second-class citizens.”
Psaki: “You are 17x more likely to be hospitalized and 20x more likely to die if you are not vaccinated.” pic.twitter.com/A7nmvJrmFu— The Recount (@therecount) January 20, 2022
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
A “playbook” to deal with a mad President who has zero respect for our nation.
re: #55 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lawsuit has already been filed by Democrats against the gerrymander.
Aaaand Democrats sue in Franklin County pic.twitter.com/psWqM6almA
— Austin Horn (@_AustinHorn) January 20, 2022
MITCH MCCONNELL IS THE WORST YALL #MitchPlease pic.twitter.com/MKlOhWrK0p
— Trae in Omaha 1/21-22 (@traecrowder) January 20, 2022
re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth
The off-ramp is to get vaccinated. The only other off-ramp is to die.
re: #69 No Malarkey!
Lawsuit has already been filed by Democrats against the gerrymander.
I’m surpassed it took that long. Elias is nobody’s fool.
re: #71 No Malarkey!
The off-ramp is to get vaccinated. The only other off-ramp is to die.
But only after much suffering.
re: #59 A Mom Anon
There’s also the senate seat held by Raphael Warnock to hold on to. I think he has a good shot at it, but the dirty shit the state government is planning might end up sinking him. The candidates challenging him are crap, but one never knows.
I think with Warnock and Abrams on the ticket there should be a good African-American turnout in Georgia.
I’m slightly surprised there hasn’t been any effort in any state to try and move at least one chamber of the state legislatures to proportional representation.
Since state senates can no longer represent counties regardless of population, it would make a bit more sense to have one chamber with proportional representation and the other with single member districts. The flip side is that proportional representation gives the parties too much power, and that’s not really been something Americans have been willing to tolerate for the last 100 years or so.
re: #75 KGxvi
I’m slightly surprised there hasn’t been any effort in any state to try and move at least one chamber of the state legislatures to proportional representation.
Since state senates can no longer represent counties regardless of population, it would make a bit more sense to have one chamber with proportional representation and the other with single member districts. The flip side is that proportional representation gives the parties too much power, and that’s not really been something Americans have been willing to tolerate for the last 100 years or so.
I believe that proportional representation is prohibited by federal law, because it was being gamed by racists. That law needs to be repealed, with safeguards, of course.
re: #74 No Malarkey!
I think with Warnock and Abrams on the ticket there should be a good African-American turnout in Georgia.
If they can vote. If the partisan poll watchers don’t throw them out.
re: #75 KGxvi
I’m slightly surprised there hasn’t been any effort in any state to try and move at least one chamber of the state legislatures to proportional representation.
Since state senates can no longer represent counties regardless of population, it would make a bit more sense to have one chamber with proportional representation and the other with single member districts. The flip side is that proportional representation gives the parties too much power, and that’s not really been something Americans have been willing to tolerate for the last 100 years or so.
Proportional representation wouldn’t allow states that elect Democratic governors have Republican supermajorities.
re: #35 Jay C
OMG - this idiot was POTUS??
This sounds like some weaselly email some smartass high school student would write after being busted trying to bullshit a better grade out of their teachers …..
Maybe Baron has a new job.
re: #75 KGxvi
I’m slightly surprised there hasn’t been any effort in any state to try and move at least one chamber of the state legislatures to proportional representation.
Since state senates can no longer represent counties regardless of population, it would make a bit more sense to have one chamber with proportional representation and the other with single member districts. The flip side is that proportional representation gives the parties too much power, and that’s not really been something Americans have been willing to tolerate for the last 100 years or so.
Germany elects half of its Parliament by direct mandate and half by proportion: each party puts up a list of candidates and they are selected starting at the top of the list based on the party’s share of the vote.
For that, Germany has over 700 representatives for only about one quarter of the US population
re: #77 Hecuba’s daughter
If they can vote. If the partisan poll watchers don’t throw them out.
Or partisan election officials invalidate their ballots.
re: #76 No Malarkey!
I believe that proportional representation is prohibited by federal law, because it was being gamed by racists. That law needs to be repealed, with safeguards, of course.
I’m not aware of any such law. I’m also not sure it’s ever actually been tried at any level beyond the local level.
re: #78 Belafon
Proportional representation wouldn’t allow states that elect Democratic governors have Republican supermajorities.
It would also probably weaken Democratic majorities in solid blue states - for example, in California Dems hold a super-majority in the Assembly (60 of 80 seats) but based on presidential and gubernatorial elections, would likely lose 7 or 8 seats.
It just seems like a type of reform that should at least be discussed
re: #3 Barefoot Grin
psaki to me, baby!
your love is like a rainbow. your love is like a rainbow, baby.
oh, who the fuck was that? Country Joe and the Fish?
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I’m solidly in the camp that the House should be expanded. I also think the California legislature should be expanded/reformed - 80 Assembly members and 40 Senators for a state with nearly 40m people is absurd.
re: #83 steve_davis
How’s my little girl? Need more pics!
re: #84 KGxvi
I’m solidly in the camp that the House should be expanded. I also think the California legislature should be expanded/reformed - 80 Assembly members and 40 Senators for a state with nearly 40m people is absurd.
And probably unlikely to change since in our polarized and charged political environment one or the other party would view a change as being sufficiently disadvantageous that they would solidly oppose it.
re: #10 KGxvi
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re: #71 No Malarkey!
The off-ramp is to get vaccinated. The only other off-ramp is to die.
“scapegoats and second-class citizens”
fer fuck’s sake.
“sociopaths and losers” are the better terms here
You can stage a coup at the Capitol, but not fight for democracy, which is allegedly the foundation of this nation. Got it. https://t.co/0qpV2M4pDO
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) January 20, 2022
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
Did Rep. Bowman spread feces or steal any podiums?
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Did Rep. Bowman spread feces or steal any podiums?
protesting while Black
re: #88 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“scapegoats and second-class citizens”
fer fuck’s sake.
“sociopaths and losers” are the better terms here
Self-imposed 2nd class. And they constantly compare themselves to those who have been purposefully scapegoated and treated as 2nd class by governmental and social entities repeatedly. And seriously punished for that instead of being subject to relatively weak mandates and some verbal scolding.
I still think the change will come when the insurance companies seriously decide to pass on the costs to those who refuse to get the shots. Once people are taking the hit directly to their wallet you will see how serious they are about these so-called principles and religious objections.
We’ve been “Americans” — 23,000 years longer — than Mitch McConnell. pic.twitter.com/5HJ2YGgbnn
— Lakota Man (@LakotaMan1) January 20, 2022
re: #92 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Once people are taking the hit directly to their wallet you will see how serious they are about these so-called principles and religious objections.
A lot of people have literally chosen this hill to die on. And they are so twisted in their belief that QAnon is spreading rumors that nurses are murdering unvaccinated Covid patients in hospitals to tweak the statistics…
re: #27 Decatur Deb
Never seen that before. I love it.
But that’s the thing, right there.
They’ve BEEN saying it out loud. Fuck, Trump got elected to office by saying it out loud. They got flags and T-shirts and a fucking podcast. Tucker Carlson says it out loud at five times a show.
I mean, Come ON. https://t.co/ryIT5DGz5F— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 20, 2022
re: #94 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Spotted in the wilds of Vancouver B.C, Canada. A very rare and almost extinct communications animal in apparent good health.
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it’s very complex bryan you should ask someone to help you https://t.co/F0Uw8QQ8Th
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 20, 2022
i’m guessing nah https://t.co/v1lhcwovB7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 20, 2022
re: #82 KGxvi
I’m not aware of any such law. I’m also not sure it’s ever actually been tried at any level beyond the local level.
It would also probably weaken Democratic majorities in solid blue states - for example, in California Dems hold a super-majority in the Assembly (60 of 80 seats) but based on presidential and gubernatorial elections, would likely lose 7 or 8 seats.
It just seems like a type of reform that should at least be discussed
I like it. Anything that forces part of the system to accommodate actual people’s preferences.
If Ivanka testifies voluntarily, Daddy will disown her…
Since these are people with full time jobs, won’t they just be creating a worker shortage in their own place of employment?
— tom (@velo340) January 20, 2022
re: #105 jaunte
What are they going to do when the Migrant Caravans find out and come streaming over the border?
re: #72 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m surpassed it took that long. Elias is nobody’s fool.
Ripeness of the matter at hand.
It had to be enacted in to law before you could sue on it.
Had it not been enacted via a veto override, the courts would not have considered it actionable since the conditions and the relief would not be present.
re: #106 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
1. Migrant Caravans will arrive to temporarily fill the jobs of National Guard temporarily detached to prevent them from entering.
2. Lower wages.
3. Profit!
re: #101 Charles Johnson
That’s why so many right wingers wear masks as chin diapers and not over their mouth and nose. You’d think after watching decades of hospital-related shows on TV, these dumbasses would know how this works…
all right, which one of you would like to buy me this? Seriously, this is a beautiful guitar.
re: #110 steve_davis
all right, which one of you would like to buy me this? Seriously, this is a beautiful guitar.
Dare I ask how much something like that costs?
re: #77 Hecuba’s daughter
If they can vote. If the partisan poll watchers don’t throw them out.
Someone will be watching the watchers.
re: #108 jaunte
1. Migrant Caravans will arrive to temporarily fill the jobs of National Guard temporarily detached to prevent them from entering.
2. Lower wages.
3. Profit!
While NG are serving on a Federal call-up, their jobs are protected. Oh…wait… there was no DoD call-up.
re: #108 jaunte
1. Migrant Caravans will arrive to temporarily fill the jobs of National Guard temporarily detached to prevent them from entering.
2. Lower wages.
3. Profit!
Damn, what a plan. They must have been refining this one since spring of 2020.
Much cheaper and easier than looking to hire extra staff, expanding facilities and putting safety measures and procedures in place.
re: #3 Barefoot Grin
psaki to me, baby!
Jen Psaki could team up with Marissa Tomei from My Cousin Vinnie and found
Psaki/Tomei
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Plan one always seems to be “who can we order to do the work?”
re: #58 Dave In Austin
With the possible exception of “border security” ( which is mainly GOP tough-talk BS), I would say the Biden Administration is doing a fine job on every item in Rep. Williams’ little list.
But then, being a Democrat and a Biden voter, I’m sure I’ll never be asked…..
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
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all this pointing out the hypocrisy is…pointless
Joe Manchin voted for Neil Gorsuch after Mitch McConnell made up non-existent Senate rule to block Merrick Garland 8 months before election then killed filibuster to confirm Gorsuch. So spare us the nonsense about preserving Senate traditions
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 19, 2022
re: #117 Jay C
With the possible exception of “border security” ( which is mainly GOP tough-talk BS), I would say the Biden Administration is doing a fine job on every item in Rep. Williams’ little list.
But then, being a Democrat and a Biden voter, I’m sure I’ll never be asked…..
You must not frequent the right diners. 😏
re: #116 jaunte
Plan one always seems to be “who can we order to do the work?”
Remember them citing the Defense Production Act to force meat-packers back to the slaughterhouses?
Balance.. pic.twitter.com/XWv7zveMat
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) January 20, 2022
re: #111 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Dare I ask how much something like that costs?
apparently, I have to actually go to a “showcase dealer” which is NOT a regular fender dealer, in order to find out. I’m guessing 6 grand?
Worth noting that in addition to Thomas’ wife having, er, strong views on the Committee, John Eastman, the chief architect of the coup’s legal blueprint (who will likely be one of the principal players ensnared in any criminal conspiracy net) was Thomas’ law clerk. So. https://t.co/RaNS4FNxou
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 20, 2022
re: #113 Decatur Deb
While NG are serving on a Federal call-up, their jobs are protected. Oh…wait… there was no DoD call-up.
and the NG still won’t get paid
If youse are handing out guitars, I would like a Gibson Firebird.
Played a borrowed one at a gig once, my best solo ever.
re: #125 Backwoods_Sleuth
and the NG still won’t get paid
For a lot of the Guard and reservists I’ve worked with, the annual 2-week Fed training pay is their pocket money for the year.
I have to say, this infuriates me.
Vaccinated patients are more likely to survive a coronavirus infection than unvaccinated ones, and health-care workers might give them more attention as a medical judgment rather than a moral one. (But such calculus is tricky: “You should preferentially give monoclonal antibodies to unvaccinated people,” Wynia told me, because each dose will be more likely to keep someone out of the hospital.)
Sure, give limited resources to those who did nothing to care for themselves. Taking that same limited resources away from someone who may need it but actually did the right thing because they will maybe survive is bullshit.
I hate selfish, ignorant unvaxxed people with the heat of 1000 Suns.
re: #123 steve_davis
apparently, I have to actually go to a “showcase dealer” which is NOT a regular fender dealer, in order to find out. I’m guessing 6 grand?
I believe that one’s about $4K.
re: #83 steve_davis
your love is like a rainbow. your love is like a rainbow, baby.
oh, who the fuck was that? Country Joe and the Fish?
“Laugh In,” I think. Even Nixon got in on the joke.
re: #128 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
When the Yellow River floods, the wise general keeps to a dry camp.
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
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McEnany needed someone to tell her this.
she wasnt smart enough to just ‘know’
re: #113 Decatur Deb
While NG are serving on a Federal call-up, their jobs are protected. Oh…wait… there was no DoD call-up.
Texas Guardsmen are about to lose their cars and homes to satisfy Abbott’s ego.
re: #130 Charles Johnson
I believe that one’s about $4K.
Steve just saved 2 grand. He can’t pass that by.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
If youse are handing out guitars, I would like a Gibson Firebird.
Played a borrowed one at a gig once, my best solo ever.
I have one ca 1966. But it’s a non-reverse w/ the 3 P90s, not one of the cool kids.
re: #136 Barefoot Grin
I have one ca 1966. But it’s a non-reverse w/ the 3 P90s, not one of the cool kids.
Thanks for the offer, DM me for the mailing address. I will gladly cover shipping costs…
re: #137 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Thanks for the offer, DM me for the mailing address. I will gladly cover shipping costs…
I’ll get right on that.
re: #134 Belafon
Texas Guardsmen are about to lose their cars and homes to satisfy Abbott’s ego.
One guy killed himself. His wife had just had surgery and he was denied a compassionate excuse to not go back (whatever it’s called), lost his car, was going to lose his house and he just offed himself. Or was a sad, horrible and infuriating story. I read it yesterday or the day before. Abbott could die tomorrow and I’d just shrug.
re: #101 Charles Johnson
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i mean i know he’s being a dick.
do i really gotta say they arent instructions?
bryan can’t read?
it’s very complex bryan you should ask someone to help you https://t.co/F0Uw8QQ8Th
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 20, 2022
re: #105 jaunte
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actual substitute teachers have some training (at least they used to)
they’re deploying babysitters
It’s official, New Mexico Guardsmen will be deployed as substitute teachers in the state. https://t.co/O8sLET08sh https://t.co/QUcodkWBhQ
— Steve Beynon (@StevenBeynon) January 20, 2022
re: #140 Dangerman
i mean i know he’s being a dick.
do i really gotta say they arent instructions?
bryan can’t read?
why does Bryan need the instructions?
re: #138 Barefoot Grin
I’ll get right on that.
I will send you my choice of lettering for the hand-tooled leather strap
re: #139 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
One guy killed himself. His wife had just had surgery and he was denied a compassionate excuse to not go back (whatever it’s called), lost his car, was going to lose his house and he just offed himself. Or was a sad, horrible and infuriating story. I read it yesterday or the day before. Abbott could die tomorrow and I’d just shrug.
Do you have a link?
re: #141 Dangerman
actual substitute teachers have some training (at least they used to)
they’re deploying babysitters
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re: #134 Belafon
Texas Guardsmen are about to lose their cars and homes to satisfy Abbott’s ego.
How exactly can the state get away with not paying them?
re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg
How exactly can the state get away with not paying them?
I assume they get extra guard deployment pay, but that is not going to fully replace the lost wages from their day jobs.
re: #144 Belafon
Do you have a link?
Here’s a link to an Army Times story on the issue. Not sure if it’s the story Yeah Sure is referring to.
re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg
How exactly can the state get away with not paying them?
For a guess, they are paid according to their military pay grade—often much less than their civilian jobs. I’m not current on changes or asshole Texas state rules, however.
re: #143 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I will send you my choice of lettering for the hand-tooled leather strap
It’s had the same strap as when I got it in 1978. They’re inseparable. Sorry, deal’s off.
re: #149 Teddy’s Person
Here’s a link to an Army Times story on the issue. Not sure if it’s the story Yeah Sure is referring to.
also
Texas lawmakers deplore mistreatment of National Guardsmen sent to border duty
re: #151 Barefoot Grin
It’s had the same strap as when I got it in 1978. They’re inseparable. Sorry, deal’s off.
You should learn to compromise. Send him an NFT.
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re: #153 Decatur Deb
You should learn to compromise. Send him an NFT.
You put the fun in non-fungible.
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re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Did Rep. Bowman spread feces or steal any podiums?
Or stab any cops with a flagpole?
re: #159 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
This cold wave is much worse than we expected.
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re: #129 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I have to say, this infuriates me.
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Sure, give limited resources to those who did nothing to care for themselves. Taking that same limited resources away from someone who may need it but actually did the right thing because they will maybe survive is bullshit.
I hate selfish, ignorant unvaxxed people with the heat of 1000 Suns.
I get the sentiment, but that is a slippery slope. Do you deny healthcare to smokers? They are making a bad choice that leads to horrible health outcomes, how about the morbidly obese? Drug users? People who participate in extreme sports and inevitably injure themselves?
They all make bad life choices that can land them in the hospital, do they all get to the back of the line too?
re: #159 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
This cold wave is much worse than we expected.
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re: #151 Barefoot Grin
It’s had the same strap as when I got it in 1978. They’re inseparable. Sorry, deal’s off.
probably the same strings then, too…so fine.
re: #140 Dangerman
i mean i know he’s being a dick.
do i really gotta say they arent instructions?
bryan can’t read?
Republicans have an unerring instinct for exploiting the bigotry of their constituents. He’s probably trying to get the coveted Trump Jr. retweet.
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Did Rep. Bowman spread feces or steal any podiums?
Ds arrested protesting for civil rights for people.
Rs arrested for voter fraud, sex trafficking (a gaetz conviction would be nice).
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re: #10 KGxvi
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re: #110 steve_davis
all right, which one of you would like to buy me this? Seriously, this is a beautiful guitar.
Very pretty. Though my own tastes run a slightly different direction these days, after getting my SE Standard 24, I’d probably want this beauty if I were to buy another guitar.
re: #144 Belafon
Do you have a link?
I can’t find the specific story but this will bring you up to speed. I’ll keep looking. It was in my notifications which means it disappears once I read it.
re: #93 Backwoods_Sleuth
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One of the FBI TV shows, the head of the office is a widower of a Mohawk KIA in Afghanistan, he’s still close to his in-laws and raising his 1/2 Mohawk daughter with full tribal culture.
There was an episode where she got grabbed up by a MAGA ICE agent who wanted to deport her and her immigration activist group to Guatemala because that’s what he thought they looked like, he had a whole rant about “invaders” to America. The FBI agent beat the crap out of him, said “hey asshole, fuck you, she’s a 300th generation American.”
re: #127 Decatur Deb
For a lot of the Guard and reservists I’ve worked with, the annual 2-week Fed training pay is their pocket money for the year.
Bought a lot of toys with that money and the drill weekend money was beer money for the month.
re: #146 Eclectic Cyborg
How exactly can the state get away with not paying them?
See the 4th link I posted above.
re: #163 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
probably the same strings then, too…so fine.
They still have blood on them from that gig at the public pool for family swim night.
re: #161 danarchy
I get the sentiment, but that is a slippery slope. Do you deny healthcare to smokers? They are making a bad choice that leads to horrible health outcomes, how about the morbidly obese? Drug users? People who participate in extreme sports and inevitably injure themselves?
They all make bad life choices that can land them in the hospital, do they all get to the back of the line too?
Smokers impact their own lives. I smoke. My smoking doesn’t prevent care to others. It’s not a deadly viral disease. It’s not going to stop surgeries to others or let someone with a heart attack die because there’s no space. It impacts ME. There’s a huge difference.
re: #169 sagehen
One of the FBI TV shows, the head of the office is a widower of a Mohawk KIA in Afghanistan, he’s still close to his in-laws and raising his 1/2 Mohawk daughter with full tribal culture.
There was an episode where she got grabbed up by a MAGA ICE agent who wanted to deport her and her immigration activist group to Guatemala because that’s what he thought they looked like, he had a whole rant about “invaders” to America. The FBI agent beat the crap out of him, said “hey asshole, fuck you, she’s a 300th generation American.”
FBI: Most Wanted. It’s one of our favorite shows. And that was a great episode.
re: #161 danarchy
I get the sentiment, but that is a slippery slope. Do you deny healthcare to smokers? They are making a bad choice that leads to horrible health outcomes, how about the morbidly obese? Drug users? People who participate in extreme sports and inevitably injure themselves?
They all make bad life choices that can land them in the hospital, do they all get to the back of the line too?
When the hospitals are so overflowing they’ve got patients in tents in the parking lot, there’s twice as many patients per nurse as State Law requires, when they can’t admit heart attacks and strokes because there’s no room in the ICU… that’s not ordinary we-don’t-wanna standards. That’s necessary triage, they call it crisis care, and the slope isn’t slippery at all.
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
Last I heard, there were several hundred people arrested for staging a coup attempt at the Capitol.
re: #176 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Last I heard, there were several hundred people arrested for staging a coup attempt at the Capitol.
Not the same day as the coup attempt
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not the same day as the coup attempt
Because the arresting officers had just been fighting, outnumbered and outgunned, for hours to protect our Legislative branch. Stop this bullshit.
re: #122 Charles Johnson
You stay there. Once I cross this thing, I’m going to murder you.
re: #178 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Because the arresting officers had just been fighting, outnumbered and outgunned, for hours to protect our Legislative branch. Stop this bullshit.
oh please
The freaking point is that Rep Bowman got arrested AT THE RIGHT TO VOTE PROTEST.
It was not violent, but he STILL GOT ARRESTED AT THE PROTEST.
unlike the trumpsters who beat up cops and destroyed federal property.
What part of that is “BULLSHIT”???
re: #129 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I have to say, this infuriates me.
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Sure, give limited resources to those who did nothing to care for themselves. Taking that same limited resources away from someone who may need it but actually did the right thing because they will maybe survive is bullshit.
I hate selfish, ignorant unvaxxed people with the heat of 1000 Suns.
If you need a liver transplant but won’t quit drinking, they won’t give you one either.
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